butuc

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *bot(t)um, *bottia (“bump”) + -uc, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *boce (“knob”), from Old High German bozzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push, strike”). Compare bot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

butuc m (plural butuci)

1. trunk (of a tree), stump

   Synonym: trunchi

2. log

   Synonyms: buștean, buturugă

3. block
4. hub (of a wheel)

Declension

Declension of butuc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) butuc	butucul	(niște) butuci	butucii
genitive/dative	(unui) butuc	butucului	(unor) butuci	butucilor
vocative	butucule		butucilor